According to sources, the charge sheet was filed against Pachauri before a magistrate in Saket court who posted the matter for April 23 for consideration.

According to court sources, police has chargesheeted Pachuari under various sections of the Indian Penal Code dealing with assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty, sexual harassment, stalking, criminal intimidation and word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman.

Police have cited around 23 prosecution witnesses and several SMS texts, e-mails and WhatsApp messages exchanged between the accused and victim as evidence to support their case.

Pachauri was accused of sexually harassing a female colleague in 2015. He stepped down as chairperson of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in February last year and later proceeded on leave from TERI where he was at that time the director general.

In November, the woman researcher who accused him of sexual harassment quit her job at TERI, alleging she was treated badly, though TERI denied the charge.

On February 8, Pachauri was appointed as the executive vice chairman of the organisation. After severe criticism, TERI on February 12 asked him to proceed on indefinite leave.